CELL DEATH
September 15 - 19, 2015
Abstract Deadline: July 20, 2015

Organizers:
David Andrews, University of Toronto, Canada       Douglas Green, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital     
Anthony Letai,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

We are pleased to announce the eleventh meeting on Cell Death, to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from Tuesday evening, September 15, until after lunch on Saturday, September 19, 2015. The meeting will cover the field of cell death and apoptosis by specific sessions devoted to the topics listed below.

The format of the meeting will include morning and evening sessions consisting of short talks, limited to approximately 15 minutes, principally on unpublished work. Because the audience will be composed of investigators with rather diverse backgrounds, the session chairs will anchor each session with a 20 minute talk to provide an overview of the specific area. The other submitted abstracts will be presented in poster sessions in the free afternoons. As usual at Cold Spring Harbor Meetings, all abstracts of both poster and platform sessions will be published in an abstract book given to all the participants.

Topics:
Bcl-2 Family Proteins
Regulated Necrosis
Cell Death in Cancer Biology
Inflammasome and Human Physiology & Disease
Molecular Mechanisms
Cell Death Therapeutics
Metabolic Control of Cell Death
Non-Apoptotic, Non-Necroptotic Cell Death

Keynote Speakers:
Seamus Martin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Andreas Strasser, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

Discussion Leaders:
Laura Attardi, Stanford University
Lawrence Boise, Emory University School of Medicine
Matthew Bogyo,
Stanford University
Jerry Chipuk,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Peter Czabotar,
Walter & Elisa Hall Institute, Australia
Gerard Evan, University of Cambridge, UK
Simone Fulda, Universitares Centru, fur Tumorerkrankungen, Germany
Eyal Gottlieb, Cancer Research UK - Beatson Institute
William Kaiser,
Emory University
Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Andreas Linkermann, University of Kiel, Germany
Kim Newton, Genentech, Inc.
Brent Stockwell, Columbia University
Andrew Thorburn, University of Colorado
Henning Walczak,
University College London, UK
Michael Yaffe, MIT/Broad Institute

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend and have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to Demetria Mudar stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in September.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:


Pricing
Academic Package $1,425
Graduate/PhD Student Package $1,185
Corporate Package $1,835
Academic/Student No-Housing Package $965
Corporate No-Housing Package $1,230

Regular packages are all-inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, a wine-and-cheese party, cocktail reception, and lobster banquet. No-Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due four weeks prior to the meeting.

We have funds to provide partial scholarships for individuals who are US citizens/permanent residents from minority groups under-represented in the life sciences. Please provide justification in writing to Demetria Mudar and state your financial needs. Preference will be given to those applying who submit abstracts to the meeting.